What you know about the study of Geography

Why do people study geography?

• to help us understand what time it is in different parts of the world

• to help us understand people and how we interact with our environment

• to tell us about how things work in the world

• to study the history of people in the world

What is a question geographers ask?

• Where is it?
• What time is it?
• When did it happen?
• Why did it happen

The study of people and places on earth is called?

• GIS

• Geology

• Geography

• Geometry

Examples of human characteristics:

• trees, mountains
• river, lakes
• buildings, bridges, roads
• desert, snow

Examples of physical characteristics

• mountains, lakes, rivers
• white house, mount rushmore
• schools, resturants
• factory, bridges

Largest continent in the world

• Africa

• United States

• Asia

• Europe

What is the continent that is light green?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Australia

What are drawings made on a flat surface that depict the entire Earth, or some of its parts called?

• Maps

• Coordinates

• Sketches

• Globes

What part of a map tells you the directions?

• scale
• title
• compass rose
• key/legend

The equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth into what hemispheres?

• Southern and Eastern Hemispheres

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Northern and Western Hemispheres

• Northern and Southern hemispheres